Historical Sociology of Institution, Discourse, and Practice on Education and Punishment in Modern Japan

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14141
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related
• Research Institution: Shokei University
• Principal Investigator: Mizutani Tomohiko 尚絅大学, 生活科学部, 講師 (00791427)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 罰 / 規律 / 学校 / 校則 / 訓練 / 教師 / 個性 / 児童

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to elucidate the constitutive process of punishment for children in modern Japanese schools from three levels: institutional, discursive, and practical. During the course of the study, it became clear that punishments such as expulsion and suspension had a meaning as rituals to form and maintain school order. We also found that reprimands in the classroom had a meaning as a demotion ritual, and that they functioned to enhance the students' collectivity by confirming what the norms and violations were in the classroom.

Free Research Field

教育社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、これまで社会学的な視点からの研究がなされてこなかった、近代学校成立期における罰の構成過程を探究するという独自性をもつものである。とりわけ、学校において日常的におこなわれている叱責や罰が、学校秩序や学級集団の形成、あるいは教師の権威性の確立といった点でいかなる機能を果たしてきたのかを問う契機となる研究と考えられる。また児童という存在を学校がいかにまなざし、処遇してきたのかという点において新たな知見を提供できたと考える。